Mazak Optonics Corp. is partnering with Westway Machinery in Ontario to distribute Mazak laser-cutting systems in Eastern Canada. >

Marmon/Keystone president J.T. "Tim" Spatafore is pleased to announce the opening of a Nashville, Tennessee facility. >

Mercury Products Corp., Schaumburg, Ill., formed Mercury Tube Products LLC to acquire the assets of Oakley Industries Co. LLC, Englewood, Colo.  >

Automation solutions provider Concept Systems Inc., Albany, Ore., allied with NūlytIQ, Richland, Wash., a manufacturing intelligence integrator.  >

Founded in 1993, SigmaTek Systems LLC, Cincinnati, is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year.  >

DGI Supply, a DoAll company based in Wheeling, Ill., bought Merwin-Stoltz, Menomonee Falls, Wis., a distributor of industrial abrasives and cutting tools.  >

Berry Metal Co., Harmony, Pa., collaborated with the American Iron and Steel Institute and the University of Utah to develop a flash ironmaking process that will be an energy-efficient and environmentally preferred alternative to traditional blast furnaces.  >

The special steels and nickel alloys service center Energy Alloys, Houston, implemented Invera Corp.’s Stratix On-Demand metal service center software at its United Kingdom and Dubai locations.  >

The North American Steel Alliance, San Juan Capistrano, Calif., added four new metal service center members.  >

Central Steel & Wire Co., Chicago, added 14 sizes of AR 200 sheet and plate to its inventory, including material that can be stocked and processed to customer specifications and delivered the next day.  >

Corrosion Materials, Baker, La., a distributor of corrosion-resistant alloys, relocated its Houston facility.  >

Marmon/Keystone LLC, Butler, Pa., completed a 105,000-square-foot service center 10 miles northeast of downtown Birmingham, Ala.  >

National Tube Supply will take another bite out of the mechanical tube market with the opening of a new plant in Baytown, Texas by year’s end.  >

MST - Seamless Tube & Pipe, a leading manufacturer of high-quality carbon and alloy seamless cold-drawn pipe and tube, today announced that its parent company Optima Specialty Steel, Inc. has committed $25 million in capital to expand MST’s operations and increase production capacity. >

Penn Stainless Products has been certified to the ISO 9001:2008 standard by National Quality Assurance, U.S.A.  ISO 9001 is a family of standards for quality management systems maintained by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). >

John Campo, vice president of market development and contract management for O’Neal Industries, Birmingham, Ala., retired at the end of 2012. >

One Equity Partners, the private investment arm of JPMorgan Chase, acquired Houston-based companies Merfish Pipe & Supply Co. and Pipe Exchange Inc. >

The Los Angeles branch of Marmon/Keystone LLC, Butler, Pa., recently established a West Coast mechanical tubing depot. >

Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co., Los Angeles, bought Metals USA Holdings Corp., Fort Lauderdale, Fla., for $20.65 per share in February. >

T.J. Snow Co., Chattanooga, Tenn., recently added a second small airplane to its transportation fleet. >